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W. C. MILLER Jan. 31, 1933.

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Filed June 6, 1952 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Patented Jan. 31, 1933 PATENT OFFICE UNITED STATES WILLIAM C. MILLER, OF CANTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO DIEBOLDSAFE & LOCK COMPANY,

A CORPORATION OF OHIO snrn Application filed June 6,1982. Serial No. 615,701.

The invention relates to safes and particularly to safes or money-chests in which the daily receipts of stores, etc., may be placed temporarily for safe keeping.

A safe or money-chest of this type is shown in my co-vpending application Serial No.

511,893, filed January 28, 1931.,

The rimary object of the invention is to provide an improved money-chest of the character described in which money may be deposited without opening it. a

One form of the present'invention is embodied in a heavy-walled container embedded in a lockof concrete, the container being 5 rovided with a round door-opening which is normally closed by a closure-member adapted to be lifted bodily from the container when the contents thereof are to be removed therefrom. The wall of the container is provided with a money-slot which extends from the cylindrical surface of the door-openingto the interior of the container. Means is provided for locking the closuremember to the container in such mannerthat the closure-member may be displaced longitudinally of the door-opening to cover and uncover the money-slot so that moneyniay be deposited'in the container even though the closure-member remains secured to t e container and cannot be lifted bodily therefrom. The locking means may be manipulatedto lock the closure member against any movement whatever when it is in the position wherein it covers the money-slot.

Other advantages and objects will become apparent as the following detailed description progresses, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, whereinthrough a money-chest which embodies the invention.

2 is a fragmentary plan View of the improved device.

Fig.- 3 is ,a section taken on line v3+3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 1 1s a vertical central section taken" Fig. 6 is a section takenon line 6-6"of Fig. 2.

Fig. 7 is a section taken on line 77 of Fig. 9 is asection taken on line 9 9 of eferring to the drawings wherein a preferred embodiment ofthe invention is illustrated, the reference characterA designates a block of concrete which is housed in a sheet metal shell B; C, a money-chest embedded in the concrete block A, and D, a closure memher for the money-chest C.

The concrete block A is preferably of such dimensions that it maybe placed in a store, theatre, etc., in a convenient position so that money may be deposited therein from time to time, the concrete block being preferably of such weight that it cannot be removed readily from the premises. A

' The sheet metal shell B may be of any suitable construction. In this instance, it comprises abottom wall 10, four vertical side walls 11 and a top: wall 12. The side walls 11 are reenforced by angle irons 13 which have legs projecting into the concrete block A. The block A is preferably formed in the shell B.

- The money-chest C preferably comprises a one-piece container 20 which is preferably.

itself in the concrete block A. Thus, the,

container is provided with a neck portion. 25 of reduced diameter so that the body portion of thecontainer cannot be removed from the concrete block unless a relatively large portion of the concrete block is broken away.

' The neck portion 25 is provided with a door opening 27 for the door D which, when it is in its closed position, closes the outer end of a money slot 28, the inner end ofthe money slot 28 being formed so thatmoney, etc. may drop from it into the container (see Fig. 1). The money slot 28 ispreferably curved to prevent unauthorized persons from fishing through it wit-h instruments to withdraw money from the container.

As best shown in Figures 4, 6 and 8, the container 20 is provided with integral lugs 30,

:31 and 32 which project into the door opening 27, the lugs 30, 31 and 32 being disposed in the inner end of the door opening. It will be noted that the lugs 30, 31and 32 are spaced from each other to provide a bayonet-slot .construction which co-operates with the lugs, hereinafter described, provided upon the door D. In this instance, the lug is shorter than the lugs 31 and 32.

As shown in Fig. 7, the container 20 is provided with a hardened steel plug 35 having a bore or recess 36 which is engageable by a locking bolt 37 associated with the door D.

5 When the bolt 37 is in the position wherein it is shown in Fig. 7, the door D is locked to the container 20 in such manner that it cannot be removed therefrom and cannot be angularly displaced around the vertical longitudinal axis of the container.

The plug 35 is disposed in a bore 39 formed in the neck portion 25 of the container 20, the bore 39 being provided with an annular shoulder 40 which co-operates with a head portion 41 on the plug 35 to prevent unauthorized persons from driving the plug into the container. The outer end of the bore 39 is filled with a steel plug 43 which is welded to the container as indicated at 44.

The plug 35 is notched as at 45 so that when the bolt 37 is partially retracted from the position wherein it is shown in Fig. 7, it may pass through the notch 45 into a slot 46 4 formed in the inner surface of the neckportion 25. The slot 46 comprises an arcuate portion 46a and a downwardly extending portion 46b. The purpose of this construction will presently appear; The door D preferably comprises a body portion 50 formed from cast steel, the body portion 50 being provided withan annular downwardly extending flange 51 which forms a chamber 52 for a lock 53. The bottom wall of the chamber 52 being formed by a plate 55 which is secured to the body portion 50 by screws 56. Formedintegral with the body portion 50 and projecting radially from the flange 51 are two rows of lugs, one row being disposed above the other (see Figs. 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9). The bottom row of lugs comprises three lugs 60, 61 and 62. The upper row comprises three lugs 64, 65 and 66. The lug 61 is longer than the lugs '60 and 62 and is adapted to pass between the lugs 30 and 31 on the container. The 111g 61 is too long howthe bolt 37 may engage the bore 36 if the closure member is angularly displaced a relatively small angular distance after the clo sure member has been lowered to the position wherein it is shown in Fig.6. Fig. 7 illustrates the manner in which the closure member D is locked to the container 20 after the closure member has been lowered to the position illustrated in Fig. 6 and then rotated in the door opening to bring the bolt 37 into registry with the bore 36. WVhen the closure member D has been angularly displaced to bring the bolt 37 into registry with the bore 36, the lugs 60, 61 and 62will lie beneath the lugs 30, 31 and 32, respectively, to lock the closure member to the container. In other words, one cannot remove the closure member D from the container 20 by pulling on the closure member with suflicient force to break or bend the bolt 37.

The lock 53 is of the type which must be manipulated with two keys if the bolt 37 is to be brought into its fully retracted position so that the closure member may be lifted out of the door opening 27. As shown in Fig. 2, the lock 53 is provided with two lock noses and 71 provided with the usual keyholes through which keys may be inserted to operate the lock mechanism. In this instance, the lock noses 70 and 71 extend into recesses 74 formed in the body portion 50 of the closure member and bores 75 extend from the top surface of the closure member to the recesses 74 so that the keys may be passed through the bores 75 to the lock noses.

The lock 53 is provided with a bolt 77 to which an arm 7 8 of a bell crank lever 79 is pivoted. The bell crank lever 79 being provided with an arm 80 which is pivoted by a pin 81 to one end of a link 82 (see Figs. 3

and 7). The bell crank lever 79 is pivoted by a pin 83 to the body portion 50. The other end of the link 82 is pivoted to the bolt 37 by a pin 86. The pin 86 projects into a hole 87 drilled in a plug 89 which slidably journalod in a bore 90 formed in the bolt 37. A compression spring 92 is disposed between the plug 89 and'the inner end of the bore 90. Projecting downwardly from the body portion 50 and alined with the plug 89 is a stop pin 94 (see Figs. 3 and 7).

If an attempt is made to gain access to the interior of the container 20 by hammering on the lock noses 70-and 71 to drive the lock 53 from its position on the bottom surface oi the body portion 50, such displacement, if successful, will drive thelink 82 downwardly so that it will withdraw the pin 86 from the hole 87 or from both the hole 87- and the bolt 37 The spring 92 will then expand and drive the plug 89 back against the stop pin tended position. -This construction insures that the closure member D will remain locked to the container 20.- v

One of the two keys employed to manipulate the lock 53 iskept on the same premises as the improved money-chest, the other key being preferably in the possession of some agency which makes daily collections of money, etc. deposited in the container 20. The lock 53 is of such constructionthat when it is manpulated solely by the key kept on the-premises, the bolt 37 may be retracted a short distance so that the closure member D may be angularly displaced in the door opening 27. When the closure member is angularl-y displaced in this manner, the outer end of the bolt 37 passes through the notch 45 and the arcuate portion 460 of theslot 46 to a position wherein it registers with the portion 46b of the slot 46. The lugs 64, 65 and 66 are then disposed directly over the spaces between the lugs 30, 31 and 32 and the closure c member may be lowered until thebody portion 50 rests upon the upper surfaces of the lugs 30,31 and 32. It will be noted that the body portion 50 is provided with a shoulder 50a for this purpose (see Fig. 8). This downward displacement of the closure mem:

ber uncovers the outer end of the slot 28 and permits money to be dropped into the container. After the money has been deposited in the container, the closure member may be lifted to the position wherein it is shown in F ig. 6 and rotated to bring the bolt 37 into registry with the bore 36 whereupon the key on the premises may be employed to return the bolt to its fully extended position.

When the money, etc. in the container is to be removed therefrom, both keys are employed to manipulate the lock 53 so that the bolt 37 is withdrawn entirely from the bore 37. The closure-member D is then angularly displaced a short distance in a counter clockwise direction (Fig. 7) to bring the lug 61 into registry with the space between the lugs 30 and 31, whereupon the closure member D may be lifted bodily from the container.

While I have shown and described certain embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that it is capable of many modifications. Changes, therefore in the construction and arrangement may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as disclosed in the appended claims, in which it is my intention to claim all novelty inherent in my invention as broadly as possible, in view of the prior art.

I claim:

1. A deposit safe comprising: a container having a door-opening therein and having a slot in its wall extending from said dooropening to the interior of the container; a closure-member for said door-opening; and means for locking said closure-member to said the outer e'ndof said slot.

container, said closure-member being movable, longitudinally of said door-opening, whileit is locked to said container, to cover and uncoverthe outer end of said slot., 6

v2.1 A deposit-safecomprising: a container having a door-opening therein and having a slot in its wall extending from said door- I opening to the interior Lof'the container; a closure member for said door-openin and means for locking said closure-member to said, container, said closure-member being adapted to. be angularly and longitudinally displaced in said door-opening, while it is locked to said container, to cover and uncover 3. A deposit-safe comprising: a container having adoor-opening and having a moneyslot in its wall extending from said dooropening to the interior of the container, said container being provided with aplate-reoeivber against any displacement relative to said 15 7 container andbeing adapted to ride in said arcuate slot and said longitudinally extending slot when it is in its partially retracted position, said closure-member being adapted to be angularly and longitudinally displaced 390 in said door-opening, when said bolt is in its partiallyretracted position, to cover and uncover the outer end of said money-slot.

4. Adeposit-safe comprising: a container having a door-opening and a money-slot extending through its wall from said dooropening to the interior of the container, said container being provided with a bolt-receiv- I ing recess, an arcuate slot and a slot extending longitudinally of said door-opening; a clovsure-member for said door-opening; and

means including a bolt carried by said closuremember for locking said closure-member to said container, said bolt being engageable A with said recess to lock the closure-member 9 against any movement relative to thecontainer 'and said bolt being engageable with said arcuate .slot andsaid longitudinally extending slot to permit the closure-member to p be angularly and longitudinally displaced in a said door-opening, while it remains locked to said container, to cover and uncover the outer end of said money-slot. a

5. YA. deposit-safe comprising a heavywalled container having a round door-open- 1 ing therein and having a money-slot extending through its wall from said door-opening to the interiorof the container, said containerbeing provided with inwardly extending spacedlugs in said door-opening; a closure-member for said door-opening having two sets of outwardly extending lugsengageable with the lugs on said container, one set of lugs on said closure-member being spaced from the other set longitudinally and angularly of said closure-member, one of said sets of lugs being ,engageable with the lugs on the container to prevent withdrawal of said closure-member therefrom untilsaid closuremember has been rotated into a predetermined position in said door-opening and the other of said sets of lugs being adapted to pass through the lugs on the container so that the closure-member may be displaced longitudinally in said door-opening to cover and uncover the outer end of said money-slot; and means for locking said closure-member to said container. r

6. A deposit-safe comprising: a heavy walled container having round door-opening therein and having a money-slot extending through its wall from said door-opening to the interior of the container, said container being provided with inwardly extending spaced lugs in said door-opening; a closure-member for said door-opening having two sets of outwardly extending lugs engageable with the lugs on said container, one set of lugs on said closure-member being spaced from the other set longitudinally and angularly of said closure-member, one of said sets of lugs being engageable with the lugs on the container to prevent withdrawal of said closure-member therefrom until said closuremember has been rotated into a predetermined position in said door-opening and the other of said sets of lugs being adapted to pass through the lugs on the container so that the closure-member may be displaced longitudicontainer to prevent withdrawal of said clo= sure-member therefrom until said closuremember has been rotated into a predetermined position in said door-opening and the other of said sets of lugs being adapted to pass through the lugs on the container so that the closure-member may be displaced longitudinally in said door-opening to cover and uncover the outer end of said money-slot; and means for locking said closure-member to said container including a bolt engageable with said bolt-receiving recess and said arcuate and longitudinally extending slots in said door-opening.

8. A deposit-safe comprising: a heavywalled container having a door-opening and having a money-slot extending from said door-opening to the interior of the container; and a closure-member for said door-opening, said closure-member slidable back and forth in said door-opening to cover and uncover the outer end of said money-slot.

9. A deposit-safe comprising: a heavywalled container having a door-opening and having a money-slot extending from said door-opening to the interior of the container; a closuiemeniber for said door-opening, said closure-member slidable back and forth in said door-opening to cover and uncover the outer end of said money-slot; and means for holding said closure-member locked to said container while it is being moved back and forth in said door-opening.

, In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 13th day of May, 1932.

' WILLIAM G. MILLER.

nally in said door-opening to cover and un- I cover the outer end of said money-slot; and means for locking said closure member against any displacement in said door-opening, said locking means being adjustable to permit angular and longitudinal displacement of said closure-member in said dooropening while it remains secured to said container.

7. A deposit-safe comprising: aheavy- Walled container having a round door-open- 111g therein and having a money-slot extending through its wall from said door-opening to the interior of the container, said container being provided with inwardly extending two sets of outwardly extending lugs engageable with thelugs on said container, one set of lugs on said closure-member being spaced from the other set longitudinally and angularly of said closure-member, one of said sets of lugs being ,engageable with the lugs on the I 

